Chapter 9

Question 1

adolescent

Answer 1

Child from 12 to 18 years old

Question 2

bereavement

Answer 2

experience of a loss

Question 3

fontanels

Answer 3

Opening between the skull bones of an infant. Soft spot

Question 4

grief

Answer 4

emotional response to a loss

Question 5

hospice

Answer 5

Philosophy of end of life care with a focus on comfort care and social, spiritual, and emotional support for the terminally ill patient and his family

Question 6

infant

Answer 6

child from 1month to 12 months of age

Question 7

life expectancy

Answer 7

Statistical calculation of the length of time a person can expect to live based on his year of birth, where he lives, ethnicity, and other factors

Question 8

life span

Answer 8

Maximum biologically determined amount of time human beings could live under ideal conditions

Question 9

mourning

Answer 9

rituals and outward displays associated with grief

Question 10

neonate

Answer 10

newborn less than 1 month old

Question 11

palliative care

Answer 11

care aimed at making pt as comfortable as possible

Question 12

preschooler

Answer 12

Child from 3 to 6 years of age

Question 13

proprioception

Answer 13

ability to sense the position and spatial orientations of the body or body parts

Question 14

school age

Answer 14

6 to 12 years

Question 15

toddler

Answer 15

Cihld from 1 to 3 years of age